You don't need subtitles to watch The Wire, y'alll

One of the creators of The Wire has lashed out at viewers who use the subtitles button to make sense of some of the dialogue, saying it turns genius into comedy. "We wrote it so audiences world have to work at it," said George Pelecanos in the Independent. "It [subtitling] kind of reminds me of scenes from that comedy Airplane!, when two black guys speak, and subtitles appear on the screen."